The royal band Pxndx He became popular in the 2000s with his album “The revenge of the charro prince.” One of the most emblematic songs on that album is “I would like not to think.” In an interview with the youtuber Javier Paniagua, José Madero, former vocalist of the band, shared the shocking story behind the creation of the song.
The singer-songwriter, in a surprising way, said that the song was inspired by the attack against the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. “When the Twin Towers fell I felt something very strange. I was 21 years old and although I am not American, I am a human being,” he revealed.
The singer recalled how that event changed his perspective and prompted him to express his feelings through music.
“I asked myself, ‘Are there really people willing to get on a plane, believe themselves to be a false God, and kill thousands of people in the name of a figure they’ve never seen?’ The next day, I ended up composing that song,” he narrated.
September 11, 2001 was an atypical day in Monterrey due to intense rain that canceled classes at Tec de Monterrey, where Madero was studying. “Suddenly, chaos starts in New York, everyone talking on the phone,” he recalled of experiencing the tragedy from his hometown.
That same day, he met with friends to watch a game of the Champions League and later, he went to the cinema to see “Original Sin,” starring Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie. This outing had an additional purpose, since before the film they screened a short called “Inspiration,” which included the song “Doll” by Pxndx.
The artist’s story highlights how, the day after the attack, he channeled his emotions to create “I would like not to think.” He clarified that the song is not directly about the fall of the towers or the terrorist attack, but about the deep feeling that that event caused in him.
“It’s about the feeling I had. It’s not about the fall of the towers or the terrorist attack, but the feeling I had of ‘Pin… dumb ass…’.”
The attacks of September 11, 2001also known as 9/11 in Spanish or 9/11 in English, were a series of suicide terrorist attacks carried out by the group Al Qaeda in United States. The incident resulted in a total of 2,996 deaths and more than 25,000 injuries, in addition to causing significant destruction of infrastructure in NY and Washington D.C..
On the morning of September 11, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners. Flight 11 American Airlines and flight 175 United Airlines They crashed into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center in ManhattanNew York, respectively.
Flight 77 American Airlines impacted the Pentagon in the county of Arlington, Virginiaand flight 93 United Airlines crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvaniaafter the passengers tried to regain control of the aircraft.
The attacks severely affected the US economy and triggered military and political responses. USAunder the administration of the president George W. Bushlaunched the war against terrorism and invaded Afghanistan to combat the Taliban and their support for Al Qaeda.
In 2004, Osama bin Ladenleader of Al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attacks, citing US support for Israelthe presence of American troops in Saudi Arabia and sanctions against Iraq as reasons for the attacks.
Recovery and reconstruction following the attacks included cleanup of the World Trade Center site, completed in May 2002, and repair of the Pentagon within a year. In 2014, the new World Trade Center complex opened. In addition, several commemorative monuments were built such as the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York, the Pentagon Memorial in Virginia and the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania.
The September 11 attacks remain the deadliest terrorist attack in human history and the deadliest incident for firefighters and law enforcement officers in the United States, with a death toll of 340 firefighters and 72 law enforcement officers.
